#CDB178#CDB178

#CDB178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.081 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB178
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 120)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(40, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, 2.28, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 32.96, 86.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% 0.0078 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.081 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2904, 45.7814, 24.2694)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB178 #7894CD

analogous

#CD8678 #CDB178 #BECD78

triadic

#CDB178 #78CDB1 #B178CD

tetradic

#CDB178 #78CD86 #7894CD #CD78BE

square

#CDB178 #78CD86 #7894CD #CD78BE

split-complementary

#CDB178 #78BECD #8678CD

monochromatic

#947537 #BC974B #CDB178 #DECBA5 #EEE5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CDB178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#CDB178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB178

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB178	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.081 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec89f',
    500: '#cdb178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb178;
$custom-light: #dec89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.235,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77162,
    "c": 0.08122,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB178

secondary

#C1CBDF

accent

#5BB92C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB178

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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